GB946513A - Preparation of spherical uranium dioxide particles - Google Patents

Preparation of spherical uranium dioxide particles

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GB946513A
GB946513A GB12200/62A GB1220062A GB946513A GB 946513 A GB946513 A GB 946513A GB 12200/62 A GB12200/62 A GB 12200/62A GB 1220062 A GB1220062 A GB 1220062A GB 946513 A GB946513 A GB 946513A
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uranium dioxide
reducing
sintering
precipitate
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/42—Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel
    • G21C3/58—Solid reactor fuel Pellets made of fissile material
    • G21C3/62—Ceramic fuel
    • G21C3/623—Oxide fuels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J2/00—Processes or devices for granulating materials, e.g. fertilisers in general; Rendering particulate materials free flowing in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic
    • B01J2/12—Processes or devices for granulating materials, e.g. fertilisers in general; Rendering particulate materials free flowing in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic in rotating drums
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01G—COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
    • C01G43/00—Compounds of uranium
    • C01G43/01—Oxides; Hydroxides
    • C01G43/025—Uranium dioxide
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
    • C01P2004/00—Particle morphology
    • C01P2004/30—Particle morphology extending in three dimensions
    • C01P2004/32—Spheres
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
    • C01P2004/00—Particle morphology
    • C01P2004/60—Particles characterised by their size
    • C01P2004/61—Micrometer sized, i.e. from 1-100 micrometer
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    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
    • C01P2006/00—Physical properties of inorganic compounds
    • C01P2006/11—Powder tap density
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    • C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
    • C01P2006/00—Physical properties of inorganic compounds
    • C01P2006/12—Surface area
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S376/00—Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
    • Y10S376/90—Particular material or material shapes for fission reactors
    • Y10S376/901—Fuel

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Abstract

High density uranium dioxide spherical particles are prepared by adding 1-5% water to sinterable uranium dioxide powder, tumbling until spherical particles are formed and sintering at at least 1750 DEG C. in a reducing atmosphere. The sintering may be carried out by first heating to about 1200 DEG C. and thence to 2000 DEG C. in increments of 200-250 DEG C., the temperature being maintained for at least two hours after each increment. The sinterable uranium dioxide may be prepared by either precipitating ammonium polyuranates from uranyl fluoride solution with excess ammonium ions, converting the precipitate to U3O8 with steam, reducing the U3O8 to UO2 with hydrogen and stabilizing by slight reoxidation, or by precipitating peruranates from uranyl nitrate solution with excess hydrogen peroxide, filtering and calcining the precipitate at 600 DEG C. and reducing the calcined product at 600 DEG C. Specification 937,330 is referred to.
GB12200/62A 1961-05-19 1962-03-29 Preparation of spherical uranium dioxide particles Expired GB946513A (en)

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US111406A US3087781A (en) 1961-05-19 1961-05-19 Preparation of spherical uranium dioxide particles

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Cited By (1)

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GB2362497A (en) * 2000-04-04 2001-11-21 Franco Belge Combustibles Granules of nuclear fuel material

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US3536793A (en) * 1968-02-07 1970-10-27 Atomic Energy Commission Method of making porous metal carbide agglomerates
US3518065A (en) * 1968-04-23 1970-06-30 Grace W R & Co Process for preparing stoichiometric uranium dioxide
US3714061A (en) * 1968-04-23 1973-01-30 Grace W R & Co Process for preparing impregnated urania and uranium bearing microspheres
CA1127384A (en) * 1978-04-28 1982-07-13 Tadeusz W. Zawidzki Uranium dioxide pellets
DE3010547A1 (en) * 1980-03-19 1981-10-01 Alkem Gmbh, 6450 Hanau METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITROGEN-MIXED NUCLEAR FUEL TABLETS
US5527378A (en) * 1994-12-15 1996-06-18 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Sintering uranium purification process
US6372157B1 (en) * 1997-03-24 2002-04-16 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Radiation shielding materials and containers incorporating same

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2362497A (en) * 2000-04-04 2001-11-21 Franco Belge Combustibles Granules of nuclear fuel material
GB2362497B (en) * 2000-04-04 2004-08-11 Franco Belge Combustibles Granules of nuclear fuel material

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